commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese , Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy ; Farnese collection , Palazzo Farnese, Rome (listed in palace inventories from 1653 to 1796, but not in one of 1834); by tradition, Convent, Verona , Italy ; acquired by that convent by Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton , Hamilton Place, South Lanarkshire, Scotland (in 1844 [in a fire insurance document], 1852, and 1876 [inventories]); Dukes of Hamilton (by 1844–1919; descended in the family until 1919 sale, Christie , Manson and Woods, London, November 13, 1919, no. 333; to Leverhume); William Hesketh Lever, Viscount Leverhulme , The Hill, Hampstead Heath, London ; [ art market , London ] ; [ Galleria Sangiorgi (until 1958; sold to MMA) ]